But Seriously... what are you good at?

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What were you really good at growing up… I mean in Middle School and High school…

Or maybe you were just passionate about it… it took up most of the space in your head.

I was not the best student in Middle School and High school  and at that time I thought I wouldn’t probably be that successful in life or have any real opportunities - BECAUSE I THOUGHT grade point average was everything….  at least When it came to having success…

Anyway… what I was good at… I was good at speaking, I was never afraid of a crowd or speaking or performing in front of a crowd. But another thing I was really really good at was PAIN. I would not have worded it that way as a kid, but looking back I now realized I was just good at putting up with or embracing pain… sure when I was young I used this super power for the things that mattered to me… Skateboarding, Water skiing, weightlifting… I also didn’t care what people thought of me… I was able to not only put up with peer pressure but actually mock those who would try to use it against me…

Hand me a beer at a party - I would throw it in the fire

Mock me for not having sex before marriage I would mock you for having sex because you lacked the fortitude and folded under peer pressure and now you sold your soul to emptiness… anyway.

But now I still use this super power to make a life for myself… my ministry… my family… my businesses…

 

My question is this… what were you good at age 12-20? What did you really succeed at? And now how are you using that in your daily life? 

Study after study shows that what you were “into” in High school is in some way what you should be doing now…. maybe you were great at building models… and now you are an engineer… Maybe you loved talking in class or listening to other problems… You could be a teacher, or a counselor… 

But beyond that… I will ask you again… what were you good at? We all took on different personas growing up, some for survival, some due to peer pressure, some more due to our personality - my wife for example… she don’t need anybody. NOBODY< not a single person. It has become a strength… She grew up in a messed up family with a number of Dads and had to fend for herself. She had to learn to compartmentalize and focus on self preservation. She grew up during high school having to buy her own clothes, makeup, car, insurance, gas money, money for school activities… 

Maybe you were good at not giving up even after failing and failing and failing

maybe you were good at being alone

Maybe you were good at befriending the nobody’s

Maybe you were good at scheduling time for extra study because you were not a natural student…

What ever it was… good or bad, use it today in life. 

Gen. 50:20 Joseph said what was bad god used for good. 

and more clear in 2 Tim. 1:6 Paul writes…

This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you.

 

Fan into flames: Rekindle relight, to gain strength

Gift:Spirit-empowered service to the Church to carry out His plan for His people.

So again what you are good at? Maybe its time to ask God to rekindle that - to light it up for him, and watch it change the kingdom!